{"id":330000,"date":"2026-05-24T01:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T01:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T01:48:07","slug":"how-evacuated-orange-county-residents-can-get-help-find-assistance-or-a-place-to-stay-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/330000\/","title":{"rendered":"How evacuated Orange County residents can get help, find assistance or a place to stay \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

As officials continue responding to the ongoing chemical emergency at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove<\/a>, an estimated 50,000 residents across parts of Orange County remain displaced under evacuation orders. Here\u2019s a breakdown of evacuation centers, hotlines and other resources available to impacted residents.<\/p>\n

Resources for evacuees<\/p>\n

Several hotels in Anaheim are offering discounted rates to residents displaced by the evacuation orders, according to Visit Anaheim. A list of participating hotels, rates, details on the offers and contact information is available through Visit Anaheim\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All Planet Fitness locations<\/a> in Orange County are also open free of charge to displaced residents, employee Chris Mendez said. People impacted by the evacuations can use the gyms, showers and lounge areas.<\/p>\n

24 Hour Fitness<\/a> said it was also opening all of its Orange County locations, as well as multiple gyms in the Southwest Los Angeles area, for evacuees until the evacuation orders are lifted.<\/p>\n

Uber announced it is providing evacuees with up to two free rides worth up to $40 each to and from shelter locations through May 25, KTLA reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Evacuation centers<\/p>\n

As of Saturday afternoon, four evacuation centers<\/a> were operating throughout Orange County. However, Freedom Hall at Mile Square Regional Park, Savanna High School and John F. Kennedy High School had reached capacity, according to city officials.<\/p>\n

The following evacuation centers still had space available as of Saturday afternoon and were accepting pets:<\/p>\n

Oceanview High School: 17071 Gothard Street, Huntington Beach
\nSavanna High School: 301 North Gilbert Street, Anaheim (Full)
\nJohn F. Kennedy High School: 8281 Walker Street, La Palma (Full)
\nFreedom Hall: 16801 Euclid St, Fountain Valley, (Full)<\/p>\n

Food and water are available at the shelters, the American Red Cross said in a statement, whether residents stay at the facility overnight or not.<\/p>\n

The agency also said it is preparing additional locations and mobilizing more volunteers, and will share new shelter information<\/a> as it becomes available.<\/p>\n

Hotlines<\/p>\n

Garden Grove Emergency Hotline: (714) 741-5444
\nOrange County Public Information Hotline: (714) 628-7085
\nOrange County Fire Authority Medical Information Hotline: (714) 538-2501<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As officials continue responding to the ongoing chemical emergency at the GKN Aerospace plant in Garden Grove, an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":330001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,1311,7,138,2461,6735,11078,136570,588,41369,100,611,1492,4036,136],"class_list":["post-330000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-buena-park","tag-california","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-cypress","tag-fountain-valley","tag-garden-grove","tag-garden-grove-chemical-threat","tag-huntington-beach","tag-la-palma","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-public-safety","tag-stanton","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}